Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“Martin Hofherr Farm is a historic home and farm located at Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana. The main house was built in 1905, and is a Queen Anne style frame dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Martin Hofherr Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 47 National Register listings published here for Delaware County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Martin Hofherr Farm in 2004, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Martin Hofherr Farm: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanon Flagstones Co.Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Riddle Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorktown, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Lightning | Yorktown | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $40,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees and powerlines. A pole barn was also damaged. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $10,000 | Scattered healthy pine trees approximately 2 ft in diameter were snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $10,000 | Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along County Road 700 West, south of State Road 32. Trees and tree limbs noted to be down across several other portions of the county with no specific location mentioned. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down in Yorktown due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This was reported to be the likely cause of power outages on the east side of Daleville. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $1,000 | Power lines and trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Yorktown | - | No damage was reported. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Yorktown | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Yorktown | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Garner, Job-Miller, Jacob W., House | 3.7 miles | 1986 |
| Forest Park Elementary School | 4.1 miles | 2023 | |
 | Westwood Historic District | 5.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Beech Grove Cemetery | 5.4 miles | 1999 |
| Muncie Trade School | 5.6 miles | 2019 | |
 | Riverside Historic District | 5.6 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000677 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Delaware County | All 47 listed properties in this county. |
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